This 2012 post explores some of the paradoxes of liberalism, which is founded on the concept of rights, that emerged in the fashioning of the document.
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Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Gita Sahgal
Open Democracy
Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Gita Sahgal
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The individual most responsible for drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was John Peters Humphrey. In 1946 he was appointed director of human rights for the United Nations Secretariat, where with the assistance of others he authored the original draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was not until late in his life that Humphrey's contribution to the declaration was formally recognized, after a first draft in his handwriting was discovered.
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